Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104

STS-51-J

Lockheed Space Operations Company was scheduled to launch a Space Shuttle Atlantis OV-104 rocket as part of the
STS-51-J mission. The launch window for the Government/Top Secret mission was on Thu, Oct 3rd, 1985, 11:15 AM EDT from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL. The status of the launch was Success.
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Mission

STS-51-J

STS-51-J was the twenty-first space shuttle mission and the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the second mission dedicated to deploying a Department of Defence payload. It was a classified mission however we do know that it deployed two 10 satellites.